Reading
- Reads Microsoft Word, Adobe Reader, OpenOffice/LibreOffice, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer with speech and highlighting so you can follow the text as it is read out by high-quality human-sounding speech. 
- Reads text in email, webpages, and any other program you want by selecting with the mouse, pointing with the mouse, or capturing from the screen. 
- Read paper documents with scanning (OCR). ClaroRead Plus and Pro only. 
- Reads English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish and twenty-four other languages with 80 different voices and accents so you can listen to a voice you like. 
- Choose highlighting by word, by sentence, any colour, and lots of combinations so you can get just the right one for you. 
Word prediction
- Suggest words as you type to help with spelling and writing. 
- Choice of high-frequency, many subject-specific, and huge prediction dictionaries. 
- Phonetic prediction – type “n”, see “knowledge” suggested. 
- Learn new predictions as you type or train it in a particular subject. 
Dragon Professional – Dictation
- Control Dragon’s microphone using ClaroRead’s Dictate button, so you only need one floating toolbar on your screen. 
- Echo back text automatically, as soon as Dragon recognises it, so you can check that it has been recognised correctly. 
- ClaroRead Plus and Pro only (Dragon software is not included). 
- Write down the text you speak using the dictation feature. 
Writing
- Listen back to your text after you have written – hear mistakes you can’t spot when you read. 
- Listen to each word or sentence as you type so you can hear mistakes immediately. 
Spellcheck
- Speaking spellcheck lets you select the word you want by hearing the alternatives. 
- Support for homophones and easily-confused words like “there” and “their” and “they’re” including images to help you select the correct word. 
- Advanced phonetic, dyslexic and problem spelling corrections like “neel” (kneel) and “necessary”. 
- Check anywhere, in email or Google Chrome, not just Microsoft Word. 
Dictionary
- Speaking dictionary for any word in any program with over 300,000 English definitions. 
- Thesaurus to help with comprehension. 
Visual
- Change font and text to make it easier to read. 
- Change screen colours to reduce contrast and make reading more comfortable. 
Listening later
- Read text into an audio or video file to listen to later (on your phone, on the move, for study). 
Screen capture
- Make any text displayed on the screen read aloud, including online eBooks and presentations. 
Scanning (OCR)
- ClaroRead Plus and Pro only. 
- Use industry-leading OmniPage technology to convert printed documents and image files into PDF, Word and many other formats for reading and annotation later. 
- Create accessible PDF files with reading order. 
Echo Letter Sounds
- Improve spelling by listening the sound of each letter rather than its name. 
Pictures in Prediction
- Pictures in word prediction to help you choose the right word. 
Claro Apps
- ClaroRead Plus and Pro only. See this support article for information about how to unlock the apps. 
- ClaroPDF 
- ClaroSpeak 
- Claro ScanPen 
Portable USB stick
- Create a portable USB pen drive version of any ClaroRead to let you use it on any computer. 
System Requirements:
Windows 10, Windows 8.1
- 1GB RAM 
- 500MB hard disk space plus 150-500MB for each voice 
- Word 2013, Word 2016, or Word 2019 
- Sound card supporting text-to-speech. 
- .Net Framework 4.7 
- Scanner supporting TWAIN or WIA (Plus and Pro). 
 
                         
         
    
    
      
      
        
      
      
    
      
      
        
          
        
      
      
        
        
          
        
        
 
      
    
   
    
    
      
      
        
      
      
        
        
          
        
        
 
      
    
      
      
        
      
      
        
        
          
        
        
 
      
    
      
      
        
      
      
        
        
          
        
        
 
      
    
      
      
        
      
      
        
        
          
        
        
 
      
    
      
      
        
      
      
        
        
          
        
        
 
      
    
      
      
        
      
      
        
        
          
        
        
 
      
    
   
    
    
      
      
        
      
      
        
        
          
        
        
 
      
    
      
      
        
      
      
        
        
          
        
        
 
      
    
      
      
        
      
      
        
        
          
        
        
 
      
    
   
    
    
      
      
        
      
      
        
        
          
        
        
 
      
    
      
      
        
      
      
        
        
          
        
        
 
      
    
  